Riley County has reported a new COVID-19 related death stemming from the Meadowlark Hills outbreak. According to a Thursday release, an 80-year-old man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has died. The outbreak identified on July 17th has resulted in 8 positive COVID tests out of 80 tested residents and staff. This is the [...]
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Riley County has reported a new COVID-19 related death stemming from the Meadowlark Hills outbreak. According to a Thursday release, an 80-year-old man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has died. The outbreak identified on July 17th has resulted in 8 positive COVID tests out of 80 tested residents and staff. This is the [...]
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Riley County Health Department has issued the latest local health order. Local Health Order No. 16 will go into affect Thursday at 12:01 am and does not have an expiration date. Instead, it will remain in place until the data indicates that a change is needed. The new order will allow mass gatherings of greater [...]
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Riley County reports one fewer COVID-19 related hospitalization since Wednesday, with three patients currently being treated at Manhattan’s Ascension Via Christi Hospital. One additional person with symptoms is also admitted to AVCH awaiting test results. One of the positive patients is reported to be ventilated. Seven new positive tests and six recoveries were also reported [...]
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Health officials say that a recent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations is not surprising, and follows the progression trends seen nationally. Riley County now reports 4 positive patients in treatment at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. At the beginning of last week, no confirmed patients had been admitted. The county also saw 6 new positive [...]
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Riley County Health and KDHE have confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan. A total of 8 staff and residents have tested positive within a unit at the retirement community — 6 of which are new cases. 1 was previously reported, another is not a Riley County resident. According to a press release [...]
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Local health officials say they are in regular contact with area schools, saying the feasibility of returning to in-person instruction is dependent on the communities actions in the coming months. During a Facebook live update, Riley County Health Department Director Julie Gibbs reported 7 new positive COVID-19 tests and 4 recoveries — a net increase [...]
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Health officials plan to release a new local health order Friday to go into effect on Monday, July 20. During a Facebook live update, Riley County Health Department Director Julie Gibbs reported 18 new positive COVID-19 tests and 9 recoveries since Friday, July 10. That brings the county to 150 active cases, 202 reported recoveries [...]
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Manhattan Tuesday joined Wichita and a selection of other communities in passing an ordinance requiring residents wear face coverings in public spaces. City commissioners voted 3 to 2 to mandate wearing masks that cover the mouth and nose when in publicly accessible spaces indoors or outdoors where physical distancing of 6 feet is not possible. [...]
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Health officials plan to release a new local health order Tuesday to go into effect on Wednesday, July 8. During a Facebook live update, Riley County Health Department Director Julie Gibbs reported 36 new positive COVID-19 tests and 29 recoveries since Friday, July 3. That brings the county to 155 active cases, 151 reported recoveries [...]
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